Justin S Collins

US Patent:

8194107, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Jun 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/757529

Inventors:

Dale Lyons - Suwanee GA, US
Justin Collins - Gillsville GA, US
Michael VanDemark - Springboro OH, US
Sachio Koyama - Singapore, JP

Assignee:

NCR Corporation - Duluth GA

International Classification:

B41J 2/315
B41J 2/32

US Classification:

347171

Abstract:

In an embodiment, a method of operating a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path opposite the first side is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving a select thermal printing mode command and operating the dual-sided direct thermal printer according to the received select thermal printing mode command.

US Patent:

8462184, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Jun 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/757553

Inventors:

Dale Lyons - Suwanee GA, US
Justin Collins - Gillsville GA, US
Michael VanDemark - Springboro OH, US
Sachio Koyama - Singapore, JP

Assignee:

NCR Corporation - Duluth GA

International Classification:

B41J 2/325
B41J 3/60

US Classification:

347171

Abstract:

A dual-sided direct thermal printer and methods of operation thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a dual-sided direct thermal printer comprising a first thermal print head on a first side of a media feed path, and a second thermal print head on a second side of the media feed path opposite the first side is provided, wherein the dual-sided direct thermal printer is adapted to apportion received data into a first data portion for printing by the first thermal print head and a second data portion for printing by the second thermal print head.

US Patent:

20070212146, Sep 13, 2007

Filed:

Feb 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/675649

Inventors:

Dale Lyons - Suwanee GA, US
Justin Collins - Woodstock GA, US
Charles Q. Maney - Dayton OH, US
Akira Suzuki - Singapore, SG
Sachio Koyama - Singapore, SG

International Classification:

B41J 3/54

US Classification:

400 82

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a two- or dual-sided thermal print switch is provided to direct printing of received print data on one or both sides of thermal media such as a receipt, document, or label. In a further embodiment, a dual-sided thermal print switch is provided to select custom or predefined data for printing on one or both sides of thermal media with or without received print data. Dual-sided print switch operation may be defined using commands implemented with, for example, setup configuration settings in hardware or software, escape sequences, real-time printer commands, and the like.